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The Forum is currently working on a new website. It will be online by the middle of May. Please come back then to check the new website!

Here you will find the detailed programme of our conference in Helsinki!

Criminal Justice Platform Europe
Late October 2011, an extraordinary event took place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Four European organisations from the criminal justice field met for the first time to establish an alliance between four organisations in the field of prison, probation, victim support and restorative justice. The shared aim is to reduce reoffending and the impact of crime and to improve methods of working with victims, communities and offenders across all the countries of Europe. Senior officials look back in this article on the meeting and the idea behind the Criminal Justice Platform Europe. More information can be found here.

On Tuesday 3 April Daniela Bolivar (staff member of the European Forum) defended her PhD "Victim-offender mediation and victims' restoration: A victimological study in the context of restorative justice". She succeeded and has received the title of "Doctor in criminology". Congratulations Daniela!

On Friday 23 March Annemieke Wolthuis (Board member of the European Forum) defended her PhD "Restorative Justice: a children's right ". She succeeded and has received the title of "Doctor". Congratulations Annemieke!

The ALTERNATIVE project, which deals about RJ in intercultural settings, has started on 01/02/2012. The Forum is proud to be one of the partners.More information on this project, which will run for 4 years, can be found here.

The Forum has joined twitter. You can find us there under this name: EuforumRJ Hope to meet many of you there!

The next international conference of the European Forum will take place from 14 until 16 June 2012 in Helsinki (Finland). The call for workshop presentations has been launched on 2 September 2011 and can be found here.

The European Forum has included a new item on its website: "Donate/Funding". Check it out here.

News from the European restorative justice scene

Directive on Victims:
- A short introduction to the draft Directive on Victims that will replace the current Framework Decision on the Standing of Victims in Criminal Proceedings can be found here.

- The Forum's proposal (November 2010) on the Framework decision can be found here.

- The Forum's initial response to the draft Directive, given by Niall Kearney (chair) at a conference in Trier, June 2011.

- The Forum's final response to the draft Directive.

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Vol. 12, issue 2

Calendar

14 - 16 June 2012, 7th International Conference of the European Form entitled "Connecting people - Victims, Offenders and Communities in Restorative Justice", Helsinki (Finland)
More information can be found here.

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